MOUNT IDA ATHLETICS INTRODUCES NEW TROPHY CASE

Mount Ida College has introduced a new trophy case in the Athletic Center with special thanks to Marvin Pave, a Boston Globe sports writer and former associate professor of sport management at Mount Ida.

Pave, a Newton resident, developed the idea over lunch with Mount Ida Athletic Director Jacqueline Palmer and subsequently made two very generous cash donations toward the purchase and installation of the oak trophy case. Additional funding for the case came from the proceeds from the College's annual golf tournament.

"Marvin really took this project from concept to completion," said Chris Mosher, vice president for development at Mount Ida. "He opened the fundraising campaign with the first major gift and ended the campaign with a second major gift."

"I wanted to do something for the College, and being a sports writer, this just seemed to be the perfect way for me to give something back to Mount Ida," said Pave, who in addition to his cash gifts, donated his 2002 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Media Award and an award he received in 1983 from the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) honoring him for coordinating the first Massachusetts High School Football Super Bowl held at Nickerson Field in 1972. Both awards are on display in the new case.

Throughout his 42-year journalism career, Pave has covered the Boston area professional, college and high school sports scene. His writing assignments have included the NCAA hockey and basketball championships, the Ryder and Davis Cup, the Major League Baseball All-Star game, the American League championship baseball series, the Boston Marathon and the Stanley Cup playoffs. He is currently a sports columnist for the Boston Globe West Edition.

"We are extremely lucky to have this wonderful addition to the College," said Dr. Carol J. Matteson, president of Mount Ida College. "Marvin is a part of this city's sports history, and it's nice that he has given a piece of that history to our students."